The phrase "a further long" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey an idea of additional length or duration, but it is unclear and awkwardly phrased.
Example: "We need to discuss a further long extension of the deadline." (This example is still awkward and not recommended.)
Alternatives: "an additional long" or "a longer extension".
But she could now face a further long period of virtual imprisonment in her house.
Richy Starkey, later Ringo Starr, faced his own challenges – a 10-week coma and a year in hospital after he contracted peritonitis (when he was six); and, just to test him, a further long spell in hospital after pleurisy turned into tuberculosis, when he first resolved to play the drums.
With the government under sharp criticism from Israelis for not doing enough to stem terrorism, Mr. Ben-Eliezer promised a further "long list of actions" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that would "make the closure much bigger than it is now".
There's a telling pause when the long opening sentence itself "stands at bay" in line eight, and a further long sentence begins with a uniquely memorable personification, "Mid-zenith hangs the fascinated day … " That word choice, "fascinated", illustrates the novelist's gift for highlighting, by a word or phrase, a character's innermost response.
So today's announcement of a flat cash settlement for the operational science budget with a further long-term boost to the capital budget is hopefully less a cause of relief and more a cause for confidence for the future.
A further long-term study will be conducted by the authors on all patients to assess late complications, e.g., fish tail deformities with a minimum of 2 years of follow-up.
The ultimate benefit in reducing gastric cancer incidence and its mortality should be validated by a further long-term follow-up.
The three weak absorptions of 28 were detected A further, long-lived intermediate was identified as the known p-quinone methide 29 (τ = 0.3 s) that hydrates yielding p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (30).
Whether a meaningful reduction in gastric cancer can be achieved following the Correa pathway should be verified in a further long-term follow-up study in this region, which has a high prevalence of H pylori infection and a high incidence of gastric cancer.
Comparison of the cDNA and genomic sequences confirmed three introns within the open reading frame as indicated in the genome database and revealed a further, particularly long intron in the 5' untranslated region.
However, there is a need for further long-term data analysis and assessment of predictors of attrition to allow this study to have greater generalisability.
