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The phrase "are a difficult and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that presents challenges or complexities, often followed by a noun or adjective.
Example: "These tasks are a difficult and time-consuming process that requires careful planning."
Alternatives: "pose a challenge and" or "are challenging and".
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Shozo Yokoyama, an evolutionary biologist at Syracuse University in New York state, says Zhang's functional tests are a difficult and essential step toward understanding the role of duplication.
I have always believed and known that the teenage years are a difficult and unbalanced period of life.
Expectations are a difficult and complicated thing to live up to, and we often move through life with preconceptions of what they are, in my case from my father.
Food composition regulations are a difficult and low priority way to promote the intake of healthy components of food.
Central nervous system (CNS) infections in ICU patients after neurosurgery are a difficult and life-threatening complication demanding immediate action.
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