The phrase "a long and persistent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that lasts for a significant duration and is unwavering or consistent in nature.
Example: "The team faced a long and persistent challenge in meeting their project deadlines, but they ultimately succeeded."
Alternatives: "an enduring and relentless" or "a prolonged and unyielding".
The result, he claims, is a taste that disappears on the palate immediately, but has a "long and persistent" flavour.
O'Toole could not determine whether John had engaged in sexual contact with minors, but he noted that the record clearly established that John had a "long and persistent trajectory of obsession with child pornography — and with sex with children".
He spoke out early against segregation in the South from pulpits in Washington, D.C., and Louisiana, protested the Vietnam War before many could find that country on a map and raised a long and persistent alarm against nuclear weapons.
But this is to take nothing away from Verstappen, who resisted a long and persistent challenge from Kimi Raikkonen to win the race on his debut for Red Bull.
"There is no case in which such a long and persistent course of manufacture of both guns and explosives combined with possession of material likely to be useful to those who commit terrorist acts has ever been before a court before".
As technology changes by the second, there is a long and persistent journey ahead, but knowing that such organizations are relentless in their efforts to free girls and women from oppression can offer some comfort.
Using analysis of variance or Cochran Armitage trend test, we evaluated the trends for LA size, duration of AF in years, and incidence of paroxysmal, persistent, or long-standing persistent AF by CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASC scores.
Lack of a Cxcl12a gradient leads to the formation of numerous, evenly distributed, long and persistent filopodia in cells that migrate in random directions.
Long and persistent uncontrolled diabetes tends to degenerate the immune system and increase the incidence of infections in diabetic individuals.
However, deviations can be long and persistent and the mean can shift, so that GBM could provide a better approximation than the more complex MRM, especially considering that the data covers a relatively short time span.
1 Bipolar disorder is a long-term and persistent illness with need for treatment over many years.
