The phrase "a sort of compact" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an agreement or arrangement that is not formal or is somewhat vague in nature.
Example: "The two companies entered into a sort of compact to collaborate on the project without a formal contract."
Alternatives: "a kind of agreement" or "a type of arrangement".
That this is a sort of compact notation which says, if n is 0, the result is one.
Within hours we had seen guanacos (a sort of compact llama), flamingos and rheas (ostrich-like flightless birds).
(Chinen) Joe Fiedler and Big Sackbut (Saturday) Mr. Fiedler is a versatile trombonist with adventurous tastes, and with this new ensemble, which has a new self-titled album out on the Yellow Sound label, he features his arrangements for a sort of compact brass choir: the trombonists Ryan Keberle and Josh Roseman and the tuba player Marcus Rojas.
Samsung also announced a new compact camera, the WB700, a sort of compact megazoom.
The rectangular home button and general layout remind me of a sort of chubby, compact version of the reference Galaxy S.
Analysts say this push is fraying a certain sort of compact that arose with the Internet age: Fare information was widely disseminated, available for comparison, but travelers would make the arrangements themselves.
For $500, you can score a Canon PowerShot TX1, a sort-of hybrid device that's compact and records HD video and takes 7.1MP photos.
It did not happen in good times, so now it must in bad times, declares one Eurocrat.What sort of compact?The biggest boost to growth would be to remove uncertainty about the survival of the euro.
The service's "Titles Only" view (which can be set globally in Preferences) offers the same sort of compact view, perfect for headline-scanning action, that Google Reader once provided.
He suggested that they could constitute "an open, uncensored forum for personal mantras and other compact philosophies" — a sort of proto-Twitter.
