The phrase "a pioneering example" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that serves as an innovative or groundbreaking model for others to follow.
Example: "The invention of the internet is a pioneering example of how technology can transform communication and information sharing."
Alternatives: "a trailblazing instance" or "an innovative model".
Though its output was small, its claim as a pioneering example of New Wave is valid.
But Ms. Tallchief also danced in Agnes de Mille's "Rodeo,"a pioneering example of balletic Americana.
The recent agreement in principle between the European Union and Canada is a pioneering example.
"The 400 Blows" was a pioneering example of an autobiographical film.
A pioneering example is the Lingotto Factory Conversion, Renzo Piano's decade-long transformation of Fiat's defunct plant.
"Sparkle and Spin" is a pioneering example of a children's book subgenre one might call designed picture books.
The Belgian painter James Ensor abandoned Impressionism at the end of the 1880s for a bitter and fantastic style that was a pioneer example of extreme expressive alienation.
A pioneer example is the BioBricks project which focuses on the design and construction of genetic circuits and on their expression in host cells to produce a useful behavior or compound.
This work can therefore be considered a pioneer example of the application of metagenomics to food microbiota, and we hope it will pave the way to extend the strategy to other fermented foods, towards a deeper understanding of bacterial metabolic functions which could be beneficial to human health or of technological interest.
Mr Navalny's call for Russians to stamp messages on banknotes is just the latest incarnation of a centuries-old idea a pioneering example of what we now call social media.
He was an integral member of the powerful Montreal Canadiens team that won a record five successive Stanley Cups (1956 60); following his pioneering example, nearly all subsequent goaltenders wore protective face masks.
