The phrase "and by the long" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It appears to be an incomplete or incorrect expression, and without additional context, it cannot be used meaningfully.
Example: "He waited and by the long, he finally understood the situation."
Alternatives: "and for a long time" or "and in the long run".
He replied with the famous "fight, fight, and fight again" - for which the Left has never forgiven him - and by the long struggle to lead Labour out of the unilateralist wilderness.
Seen one way, their story seems to be that of a fairly ordinary, hot-and-cold relationship, intensified, perhaps, by Balkan politics and by the long periods they spend apart, brooding.
The United Nations, the Nato alliance, the Dutch state, the French Republic, and the world's mightiest spy services were all tainted by their appeasement of Mladic and by the long failure or reluctance to apprehend the man said to be the most infamous mass murderer in Europe.
Further advantages are given by the absence of a yearly tillage, which induces CO2 storage in the soil and by the long flowering period of Silphie which is used by honeybees to collect pollen and nectar (bee bread) to survive and reproduce.
With 6.5 million lines of code, the massive program is used by the U.S. Census Bureau to count and categorize population, by the Agriculture Department to develop crop forecasts and by the long distance phone companies to figure out how much to charge for each call.
Hsu was able to gain the trust of investors by his dress, by his warm and personable manner, by his educational credentials, by being quoted in trade magazines, and by the long list of business under his name, but had a record of changing addresses and leaving disappointed investors behind.
The uncertainty is stoked by all those recent near misses; by a perennial tug of war over the national team's style of play; and by the long-running debate about how to get the best out of Messi.
This process is interfered with by certain drugs, especially phenytoin, used in the management of epilepsy, and by the long-term use of sulfonamides in the suppression of disease.
The very moment I first laid hands on the "complete and unabridged" translation of Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex," newly rendered in English by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier, I was struck by its heft, and by the long-awaited achievement it represented.
Clark has been hampered this season both by injuries and by the long-running saga of the club's attempts to find new owners.
On the other hand, they were asked, whether they are attracted by the availability of teaching positions, by teacher salaries and by the long-term security associated with being a teacher, items which represent an extrinsic motivation (Laschke and Blömeke 2014; Blömeke et al. 2010).
