The phrase "a long policy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a policy document or guideline that is extensive in length or detail.
Example: "The organization has implemented a long policy regarding employee conduct that all staff must adhere to."
Alternatives: "an extensive policy" or "a lengthy policy".
After a long policy silence, Labour announced a string of housing plans.
Russia's use of so-called soft power mirrored a long policy of American support for civil society in the former Soviet republics, under programs like the Freedom Support Act and financing for nongovernmental groups.
In May, Mr. Romney gave a long policy speech in which he hoped to put to rest questions about why he still supports his own health care legislation in Massachusetts, but opposes Mr. Obama's similar plan.
And the end of the cold war came about exactly as predicted by the realist diplomat George Kennan, a long policy of containment coupled with negotiations and encouragement of political reforms in the USSR.
Lawmakers largely ignored the White House's earlier protest that the farm bill was too expensive as well as a long policy statement released by Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman that promoted more trade-friendly policies and more fairness in distributing farm subsidies.
The House version of the budget resolution also contains a long policy statement describing the importance of funding U.S. biomedical research, but it does not mention an increase in funding.
Mr. Turner acknowledges that, arguing that today's regulators have inherited "a half-century long policy error" that cannot be quickly reversed.
He said that when a new government came into power after another had been in power for a long time, policy change was inevitable.
By 2014 politics began to align with a long overdue policy change serving U.S. national interest.
Under Olsen's guidance, Norway employed a "long ball" policy that was contingent on the height of Olsen's squad.
