"long-held aspiration" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It describes a desire or goal that someone has had for a significant amount of time. Example: Ever since she was a child, becoming a doctor has been her long-held aspiration.
There were also claims that Lawson played down her drug use because she feared it may damage her long-held aspiration for a TV career in the US.
The outlook suggests the government's long-held aspiration of rebalancing the economy away from over-reliance on domestic demand will remain elusive.
Five of its six parties are committed to vote for new legislation that would fulfil the long-held aspiration of right-wing and religious parties to limit the Supreme Court's power to strike down laws passed by the Knesset.In this section Netanyahu v the Supreme Court Hizbullah in the crosshairs Worse than Mubarak Après moi, moi More trouble than they're worth?
"The installation of the tracks sees that long-held aspiration for the Borders and Midlothian becoming a tangible reality".
That's because, working closely with my colleague Iain Duncan Smith, those long-held aspirations for genuine welfare reform are being delivered".
Mr Mitchell, unlike Mr Holbrooke, speaks quietly with no big stick in reserve.Nor is there much evidence that the settlement over which he would like to preside requires the parties in Ulster to abandon finally any long-held aspirations that are in conflict with an aspiration of the other side.
Peter Pan was a long-held dream.
Normality -- the long-held dream of Otpor.
"This is a long-held dream".
The restaurant was a long-held dream, he said.
He arrived in Dallas in late September, realising a long-held ambition to join relatives.
