The phrase "as the key to doing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is essential or fundamental for achieving a particular action or goal.
Example: "Effective communication is often seen as the key to doing successful business negotiations."
Alternatives: "essential for achieving" or "crucial for accomplishing".
And it is liberals, not conservatives, who see government coercion as the key to getting things done.
Bromiley hopes that the NHS will reflect on next week's Francis report and get properly to grips with human factors as the key to understanding why the system does not always deliver safety.
In a statement it said: "The CBI/KPMG London business survey shows that the cost and availability of housing has consistently been ranked by London firms over recent years as one of the key weaknesses to doing business in the capital".
Anyway, now the piece has an almost occult appeal, containing as it does the key to all good drama: the gap between what we, the audience, know of the protagonist and what the protagonist thinks the audience knows.
They say the military option's on the table but it's not being viewed as credible, and the key is to do this peacefully, is to make sure that we have credibility.
If you accept the premise (as I do) that the key to political change is to convince people of pervasive injustice and the need to act, then it's virtually laughable to depict him as inconsequential.
Having a plan of action is the key to ensuring as little damage is done to your credit and identity.
Eventually, as he so often does, Brady found the key to unlocking the opposition's defense.
Mitch divulged where Doug hides the key to his lockbox of drugs, as he does in every iteration.
One takeaway lesson: While the act of defriending is as quick and easy as hitting a key, the decision to do so can have long-lasting repercussions, both for the defriender and the defriended.
