The phrase "a key stake" is not commonly used in written English and may cause confusion.
It can be used when discussing an important interest or investment in a particular situation or project, but it is more typical to say "a key stake in" followed by the context.
Example: "The company has a key stake in the success of the new product launch."
Alternatives: "a significant interest" or "a crucial investment".
Personally I wouldn't want anyone with a key stake in any company espousing such views.
Royal Dutch Shell yesterday took a key stake in one of Iraq's leading oilfields as the latest round of a national auction gave foreign companies access to more than a third of the country's oil.
But by making teenagers feel welcome there and giving my generation a key stake in its future I have every confidence we'll emerge from the downturn a far stronger, more confident town.
Shell reaffirmed its position as a leading player in post-war Iraq by taking a key stake in the vast Majnoon field, east of Basra, which is thought to hold about 10% of the country's estimated reserves of 115bn barrels.
Royal Bank of Scotland emerged yesterday as a possible bidder for a key stake in Bank of China, the country's second largest bank, in the face of stiff rivalry from a list of suitors that includes some of the west's leading organisations in the sector.
The sisters also have shares of Bradespar, the bank's non-financial arm, which holds a key stake in Vale SA, the world's largest iron-ore exporter.
Cyber-security should become a key stake-holder policy and should therefore be called UAE smart defense policy, if considered national, more than the city borders.
This sample size caters for the inclusion of various categories of mental health care service users and health care service providers so as to get a fair representation of the key stake holders involved in mental health care.
But Standard Chartered lost 23p to 1457.5p following reports a key 18% stake could be up for grabs.
A decline in coal prices hit Subianto's key stake, in Adaro Energy, whose stock price drop accounted for most of a $230 million drop in his wealth, knocking him off the billionaires roster.
Defendants in the other 12 trials, which took place between 1946 1949, included doctors, jurists, industrialists, and other key stake holders in the Nazi state.
