Sentence examples for a presentable chance from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a presentable chance" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts where you want to describe an opportunity that is suitable for presentation or display.
Example: "The team was excited to present their findings, as they felt they had a presentable chance to impress the investors."
Alternatives: "a viable opportunity" or "a suitable chance".

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It was a presentable chance, the sort that the centre-forward tends to put away, and the thought occurred that Juventus might live to regret the miss.

England could count themselves fortunate Hegerberg – who had earlier headed a presentable chance wide – did not attempt to win a penalty.

Torres had stubbed a presentable chance straight at the goalkeeper by the third minute and by the sixth Villa crashed a shot against Noel Valladares's bar from more than 20 yards out.

Wenger will have rued the fact that Samir Nasri's free-kick was fumbled by Joe Hart into the path of Alexandre Song rather than one of his more accomplished finishers, as the defensive midfielder could only send his snapshot wide, but Arsenal were themselves let off before the break when Benjani Mwaruwari headed a presentable chance wide of Manuel Almunia's goal.

It was clear that Wenger was prioritising the game against Chelsea on Saturday and there was only a brief flurry early on, when Pajtim Kasami made a mess of a presentable chance, when Forest threatened to repeat what Sheffield Wednesday did in this competition last season.

Today's 3-1 loss against a Liverpool side that had failed to score in previous league contests against West Ham and Fulham and whose overdependence on the goalscoring of the injured Fernando Torres surely offered Ince a presentable chance of ending his side's dismal run of results.

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Leigertwood then had a presentable opportunity but missed the target from inside the box.

For most of the opening hour Liverpool had been second best to a hungry Swansea side who should have held the lead after creating half a dozen presentable chances.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan wasted the most presentable chance of the first 45 minutes, when opting to place a left-footed effort past Wojciech Szczesny from just inside the box only to send the ball wide.

They created a clutch of presentable chances only for a mixture of poor finishing and the reactions of Ciprian Tatarusanu, the Romania goalkeeper, to thwart them.

Arsenal's French striker had a nightmare, missing a succession of presentable chances before being hooked on the hour.

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