The phrase "and long expected" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that an event or occurrence has been looked forward to for some time. For example: "The students had been studying for weeks, and their graduation day was finally here--and long expected."
That rate, recommended by the nine-strong Low Pay Commission (LPC) last month, had been much leaked and long expected and was duly announced by the government on June 18th.Confirmation was delayed by a row between the Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) over the lower rate for younger workers.
High attack rate combined with a short epidemic duration and long expected duration of mechanical ventilation represents the worst scenario in terms of bed occupancy rate and thus the maximal burden.
Of the six non-prescribers, three gave no apparent argument for their decisions; two appeared to have used the patient's young age and long expected treatment time as an argument against prescription.
Benefits of this solution include high strength, no interference with magnet fields and long expected service life.
The project's developer, Forest City Ratner, says it plans to break ground on the arena this fall and has long expected to use tax-exempt financing to reduce its borrowing costs by tens of millions of dollars.
Problems arise from difficulties with assessing exposure to bile reflux, and the long expected latency period before invasive tumours will develop.
That bank, which agreed on Monday to be acquired by Capital One Financial for $14.6 billion, is just one of the many regional banking players that analysts and investors have long expected to undergo a consolidation.
Although the Krueger-Scott Mansion may get another chance at life, it seems increasingly doubtful that the home's interior will get the exacting restoration that preservationists and others have long expected.
The powerful earthquake that has led to a humanitarian crisis in Nepal was one that authorities and citizens had long expected.
Given Iraq's military shortcomings, especially in air power, intelligence coordination and logistics, American and Iraqi officials had long expected that some American military presence, even if only in an advisory role, would continue beyond 2011.
Leerink Swann, in an investor note, said the company's withdrawal was long expected and would both help other stent-makers and help Johnson & Johnson focus on more profitable areas.
