The phrase "a kind of direct" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The feedback I received was a kind of direct criticism that I wasn't expecting."
Alternatives: "a type of direct" or "a form of direct".
The ultimate strength of steel skin was predicted by a kind of Direct Strength Method (DSM).
This becomes a kind of direct attack on Martin, while also being generally upsetting for the obvious reasons.
As a kind of direct contact heating method, submerged combustion evaporator (SCE) has many advantages and is widely used in many engineering processes.
Instead, I had had the novel experience of an unfamiliar taste that was related to a completely familiar scent — a kind of direct translation from one idiom to another.
If parliament were an independent organisation it could consider how to restore its place at the centre of power, and how to safeguard it from the mounting pressure of a kind of direct democracy that will not always be as benign as it was last week.
God sees them all through a kind of direct vision or intuition.
In a culture that rewards the remodelling of the self, "Strayed" is a canny piece of self-agency – a kind of directed lack of direction in which every signpost points to personal overcoming and a slot on the Oprah Winfrey Book Club.
This describes a kind of directed alteration of the built environment to, for example, increase its energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption.
We have, indisputably, entered an age of wild participatory energies, bubbling up and driving a kind of relentless direct democracy.
July 16-21: "One for the Road," with Mr. Pinter in the cast and directed by Robin Lefevre; and "A Kind of Alaska," directed by Karel Reisz -- a Gate Theater double bill.
They also happened to be in the process of staging a double bill at the theatre: Harold Pinter's "A Kind of Alaska," directed by Blanchett, and David Mamet's "Reunion," directed by Upton, both of which opened to strong reviews at the end of November.
