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The phrase "a single chance to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an opportunity that is unique or limited in nature.
Example: "In life, we often find that we only have a single chance to make a lasting impression."
Alternatives: "one opportunity to" or "a sole chance to".
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For your business success, you need to analyze each and every little aspect so as not to miss a single chance to step to the next level.
We must do everything to stop these threats and not give the terrorists a single chance to demonstrate their brutality and hatred of mankind".
Indeed, here is a question: when was the last time Agüero started for City without having a single chance to test the opposition goalkeeper?
The old idea of educational opportunity was a single chance to get your foot on a narrow ladder - one opportunity at school till 16 - with only a minority going on to higher or even further education.
This is of particular relevance to the National, which is, by its very nature, the only major all-aged race of the year which any given horse or rider may well have only a single chance to win in their entire career.
In step t, an actor a will get a single chance to activate each currently inactive neighbor b.
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The Cottagers boss made nine changes from the side defeated at St Mary's - but that could have had as much to do with their failure to create a single chance at the weekend rather than any sense of Jol showing his priorities.
Oh, for the single chance to pummel an 80 mile an hour forehand at Connors and watch him hammer that cannon-like backhand down the line.
In this formulation of the game, each parasite individual has only this single chance to infect.
"The 20-year-old's innings was streaky and filled with inside and outside edges, however, not a single chance went to hand and, for that reason, no one can begrudge Lees his moment.
This is even without taking into account the probability of at least one spore encountering a host, which will also be substantially increased by spores dispersing (and thus having multiple chances to encounter a host per unit time), rather than staying in a single aggregation (and having only a single chance per unit time to encounter a host).
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