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The phrase "a difficult chance to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an opportunity that is challenging to achieve or succeed in.
Example: "He had a difficult chance to score the winning goal in the final minutes of the game."
Alternatives: "a tough opportunity to" or "a challenging chance to".
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Did you notice that West missed a difficult chance to defeat the contract?
He gave a difficult chance to point on 26 but played a little gem of an innings.
It was not all plain sailing, as she offered a difficult chance to deep midwicket in getting off the mark and was also dismissed off a no-ball on 69.
Later in that over Gibson chipped the Essex seamer Graham Napier to mid-on where Danish Kaneria dived forward but grassed a difficult chance to reduce them to 39 for eight, with only Harmison and Killeen to come.
We knew it was a difficult chance to carry on in the FA Cup.
It was a difficult chance to take, but I managed to get it into the net.
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Helness missed a very difficult chance to defeat the contract.
He would have been run out without scoring had Chris Jordan's throw hit the stumps, would have been caught behind off Plunkett had England appealed and offered a very difficult chance to Moeen Ali at point on 57.
In the ninth over, when on 23, he had been dropped by Daniel Flynn when offering a difficult chance at square leg off Chris Martin.
England's top scorer Danni Wyatt should have gone early, Rachael Haynes spilling a difficult chance at point in the second over of the day.
Gael Clichy's shot from the left finds the head of Edin Dzeko, who can't direct a difficult chance at the target.
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