long-cherished

• “After the success of Black Swan, Aronofsky can command the budget he needs for his long-cherished film Noah's Ark.”

  The Guardian: Venice trash

• “The polls suggest their long-cherished hopes of changing the voting system have also been soundly rejected in a referendum held the same day.”

  The Wall Street Journal: U.K. Election Results Reassuring for Gilts

• “Determined to be taken seriously as a writer, Daphne envisages a long-cherished project: a proper, scholarly biography of Bramwell Bronte, whom she believes has been wrongfully neglected and overlooked.”

  Daphne and Rebecca « Tales from the Reading Room

• “Citigroup, for example, fears that a defeat for the Lib-Dems on such a long-cherished policy goal would cause them to abandon the coalition, throwing the UK's fiscal strategy into doubt.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Why U.K. Has Little Real Alternative

• “Part of the reason that Wake County is such a great place to live, less marred by the racial tension that plagues other cities, is the long-cherished commitment to diversity that dared to dream that kids from different backgrounds could not only grow to accept one another -- but actually enhance each other's education.”

  The Huffington Post: Lynn Parramore: Tea Party Plans Scrap Integration Policy at NC Schools

• “I made note of these matters while travelling to Germany to realise a long-cherished ambition: to go to the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne and see Hennes the Billy Goat, the subject of conspiracy theories of his own, as we shall see.”

  The Guardian: Why the witch-hunt against Cesc Fábregas gets my goat | Harry Pearson

• “At last the Tories have embarked upon one of their most long-cherished aims: the destruction of the National Health Service.”

  The Guardian: NHS bans on operations gamble with patients' health, senior surgeon warns

• “In March of 2009, a senior White House official outlined a strategy for a "grand bargain," in which Democrats would capitulate to Republicans on some long-cherished environmental beliefs in exchange for a cap on carbon emissions.”

  The Huffington Post: Jamie Henn: As the World Burns: New Yorker examines Senate's climate fail

• “The new Oxford to Bedford rail link is part of a long-cherished plan to revive the "varsity link" with Cambridge.”

  The Guardian: George Osborne announces major rail and road projects in autumn statement

• “But the measures also threaten many long-cherished sacred cows and brings dire warnings from those affected.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Greece's Cosseted Classes Fight Red Tape Reform

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