a magnificent example of sixteenth-century architecture
fascinating, interesting, intriguing
notable, remarkable, striking
graphic, vivid
dramatic, extreme, spectacular
clear, obvious, simple, straightforward
blatant, flagrant, glaring
His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance
familiar, famous, well-known
notorious
common
rare
much-quoted, oft-quoted, often-quoted
The oft-quoted example of Nero playing the violin as Rome burned shows the Emperor's detachment from reality
illustrative
helpful, illuminating, instructive, useful
practical
The book is full of practical examples of classroom activities
concrete
Let me give a concrete example of what I mean
hypothetical
VERB + EXAMPLE
give sb, provide (sb with)
Let me give you a few examples of what I mean
contain, include
The leaflet includes several examples of bad grammar
cite, draw, take (sth as)
She illustrates her point with examples drawn from contemporary newspaper accounts. To take an obvious example, if there is a good harvest the price of grain will fall
find
EXAMPLE + VERB
illustrate sth, show sth
PREP
for ~
A touring cyclist, for example, might turn the pedals 80 times a minute
in an/the ~
The teacher in our example is clearly wrong
~ of
We can still find examples of discrimination today
