The phrase "a conspicuous effort to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a noticeable or significant attempt to achieve something.
Example: "The organization made a conspicuous effort to improve its environmental sustainability practices."
Alternatives: "a noticeable attempt to" or "a significant effort to".
At Saltley, there is a conspicuous effort to promote "British values".
Mr Nasrallah made a conspicuous effort to appear conciliatory and constructive, but he also made clear that Hizbullah would not tolerate any move to limit its military operational capacity.Mr Suleiman chose his words carefully in addressing the sensitive issues relating to Hizbullah's weapons and Lebanon's relations with Syria.
But unlike Mr. Jiang or Mr. Hu, Mr. Deng had long exercised sweeping authority without holding official titles like party chief or president, so his decision to keep the military post was not as much of a conspicuous effort to retain power in retirement.
The purchase of the Toronto Argonauts in 1991 by millionaire Bruce McNall, actor John Candy, and hockey great Wayne Gretzky marked the most conspicuous effort to produce first-class football with highly paid U.S. stars, but the experiment failed, and McNall and Gretzky sold the club in 1994 after Candy died.
On the battlefield, American troops are also said to be making more conspicuous efforts to respect their enemies' rights.
David Villa scored the club's first ever penalty just before half-time, to cap a game of conspicuous effort from the striker, who sometimes appears to have taken the need for him to put the team on his shoulders rather too much to heart, as he repeatedly tried to slalom past one man too many in search of goal.
This re-creation of a traditional grand council, or loya jirga, has had some conspicuous problems, including a clumsy American effort to make sure that Hamid Karzai, who has performed capably as interim leader, was elected president.
Coming at a time when the world's two leading auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, are embroiled in an embarrassing price-fixing scandal, Phillips, which is based in London, is causing a considerable stir with its conspicuous and costly effort to reinvent itself as an important player in New York.
Many attempt to blend in by acting older, but 15-year-old Mazin, 4ft 4in tall, and with the face of a child three years younger, had chosen to pitch his tiny tent alongside the camp's boisterous food queue in an effort to stay conspicuous and theoretically safer.
Made a conscious effort to stop moving.
Make a conscious effort to calm down.
