The phrase "a bit of a stand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or moderate level of commitment or position taken on an issue or topic.
Example: "During the meeting, she took a bit of a stand on the importance of sustainability in our projects."
Alternatives: "a slight stance" or "a small position".
When in use the case folds a bit, providing a bit of a stand as the iPad can rest against the back of the keyboard.
In a tournament packed with a bunch of young newcomers, the 50-and-over crowd made a bit of a stand in the first round.
There was a bit of a stand off before one activist moved forward, shouting out the code of the locked door which he somehow knew to those at the front.
There were the same political rifts and arguments, even a bit of a stand-off between some Kurds and some other Arabs.
That means this one will probably be a bit of a stand-out, sought out long into the future by enthusiasts who will prize its unusual combination of the traditional guilty pleasure of a big thrilling normally-aspirated petrol engine with all the safety and convenience of modern technology where the quattro four-wheel drive system and the rest of the car are concerned.
"There was a bit of a stand-off between the clubs for a while over compensation and that could have dragged on with tribunals and all the rest.
Tall and sad-faced, he is a bit of a stand-in for the director who, unusually, stays behind the camera here for most of the series.
More importantly, Green and Colbert had a bit of a stand-off over whether or not either of them is cult leader.
I worked with a guy who was a bit of a stand-up nerd and he was like "I'm going to try it and you should try it as well".
He claimed that the episode "felt like a bit of a stand-alone story focusing on Britten's heightened anxiety over Rex's grief", and that the episode also "stepped in and launched the series forward, introducing one of Britten's worlds to a rather apropos serial killer".
Eventually, things came to a bit of a stand-off – a wall of death transplanted from the main stage at Download into central London; police and the joint force of antifa and badger benefactors equally pissed off at each other's lingering presence.
