The phrase "a conspicuous example is" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a specific instance that clearly illustrates a point or concept being discussed.
Example: "In the study of climate change, a conspicuous example is the rapid melting of polar ice caps."
Alternatives: "a clear example is" or "a notable instance is".
A conspicuous example is Samsung, a Korean conglomerate making a name for itself in cellphone handsets using a clamshell design.
A conspicuous example is the airlift of guns and fighters to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, another Iranian ally.
A conspicuous example is the $1.99 Hipstamatic iPhone application, which, as one review put it, filters images made with the device's camera "to make them look as though they were taken with an unreliable plastic camera... rather than this complex mobile smart phone".
A conspicuous example is the fragmentation of cells or organelles: the intact and the completely fragmented states are easy to recognize while the degree of partial fragmentation is difficult to gage, thus often involving human experts and time-consuming manual processes.
In comparison to the base case, the most conspicuous example is the combination with local popularity replication (pop), where a high delay jitter results in a gentle curve.
One conspicuous example is Fathom.
The most conspicuous example is immigration.
Under the Obama administration, the most conspicuous example is Tom Daschle, the former Democratic Senate leader.
The most conspicuous example is the strong anti-interventionist sentiment in the period leading up to World War II, when conservatives flocked to rallies organized by the America First Committee, with its slogan "England will fight to the last American".
The most conspicuous example is the hysteria over the Islamic community center that's planned for New York City the infamous "Ground Zero Mosque" that isn't actually at Ground Zero.
Modification of the building code and a construction boom brought about great changes in the 1960s and '70s, of which the first conspicuous example was the Prudential Center, with a 52-story tower.
