The phrase "a sort of common" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are trying to describe something that is somewhat typical or shared among a group, but it is better to clarify the meaning.
Example: "There is a sort of common understanding among the team about the project's goals."
Alternatives: "a kind of shared" or "a type of mutual".
Fe3+ is a sort of common metal ion contaminant for the solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) water electrolyser.
"I guess we have a sort of common, distant ideological heritage," Farron says reluctantly.
Na+ is a likely intrinsic impurity in water and is a sort of common cation impurity in the direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs).
So there is a sort of common big data, big digital data ground, which I think is of great interest to share with many scientists.
Instead of the usual warren of little slots surrounded by high board fences, the backyards formed a sort of common forest.
The two better stories even have a sort of common theme: in both, people feel themselves, at moments of crisis, somehow doubled, split in two.
Open Mind volunteers can take part in more than 25 online activities to create a sort of common-sense database, feeding information into a computer based on tasks that range from the straightforward (listing objects that appear in a picture) to the thoughtful (teaching the computer about people's goals and desires).
In order to secure the above mentioned freedoms in a world which increasingly allowed application of property ideas to software, it became necessary to create copyright licenses designed to abrogate the usual rules and empower free software advocates to maintain a sort of commons.
Apparently, between the 3rd and 15th centuries, it was sort-of common for a guy with a lot of followers (IRL religious ones) and a strong dislike for their pope to declare themselves an "antipope".
He's been dubbed the "most hated man in America for becoming the public face for a sleazy practice that's unfortunately sort-of common in the pharmaceutical industry: buying the rights to a lifesaving drug with no competitors and raising the price to the point of absurdity.
He's been dubbed the "most hated man in America" for becoming the public face for a sleazy practice that's unfortunately sort-of common in the pharmaceutical industry: buying the rights to a lifesaving drug with no competitors and raising the price to the point of absurdity.
