The phrase "achieved a long" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey a sense of accomplishment over a long period or in relation to a long-term goal, but it is incomplete.
Example: "After years of hard work, we finally achieved a long-awaited success."
Alternatives: "attained a long-term" or "reached a long-desired".
"We think this [equality] is something that should have been achieved a long, long, long time ago".
NEW DELHI — A few weeks ago, the traditional Indian joint family household of Vineet Sharma, a fertilizer industry consultant, achieved a long deferred dream.
Having previously fallen to 2-7 without ever being defeated by more than eight points, the Ravens finally achieved a long overdue victory … only to lose both their starting quarterback and running back to season-ending injuries in the process.
Often the fundamental elucidation of technical processes has been achieved a long time after their practical application.
As described in previous reports [ 17– 21], PacBio achieved a long continuous, finished-grade assembly of a complex bacterial genome.
The company said by offloading Northcliffe it has achieved a long-term strategic aim of more than 70% of profits coming from businesses outside the UK.
In Athens on Wednesday, the country achieved a long-sought goal, signing treaties to join the European Union along with nine other new members.
Mr. Sarkozy achieved a long-standing goal of French policy thanks to Mr. Cameron's stance: the emergence of a hard-core, intergovernmental Europe centered on the euro zone, with Britain on the outside.
In May, Mrs. McAleese, 60, a former Belfast law professor who proclaimed the theme of her presidency as "building bridges," achieved a long-held ambition when Queen Elizabeth II visited Ireland, the first such visit by a British monarch.
She is the first child and one of the first humans ever in whom new techniques have achieved a long-sought goal — giving a patient's own immune system the lasting ability to fight cancer.
