Example sentences of "after a long struggle " in BNC.

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1 Dr Vijayan also reports that after a long struggle to arouse their interest , Pakistani environmentalists are aware of the threat to the bird .
2 My headmaster and a teacher , after a long struggle , managed to convince my Papa that it was in my best interest to pursue such a training .
3 After a long struggle Raymond v of Toulouse had eventually , in 1176 , resigned all his rights over Provence ; and in 1177 Alfonso had taken over Roussillon .
4 A thousand strange phantoms arise , which come and go without his will : these , which are transient in the beginning , at last take firm possession of the mind , which yields to their dominion , and , after a long struggle , runs into continued madness .
5 The winning of " possession " in 1985 after a long struggle in the courts will prove to have been a shallow victory if the protection attaches [ sic ] to this status is to be further undermined , leaving absolute control once again in the hands of the " greater possessors " , the owners .
6 After a long struggle David and Greg managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel and administered oxygen to help his breathing ; then together , with help from the paramedics , they transferred him to a stretcher .
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