The phrase "a sort of inside" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are trying to describe something that has an internal aspect or quality, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "The design of the building has a sort of inside charm that makes it feel cozy."
Alternatives: "a kind of internal" or "a type of inner".
Mr Hasan told GMTV that detectives were looking at the possibility of whether the kidnap was "a sort of inside job".
The event, which was billed as a sort of "Inside the Actor's Studio" discussion with the theater department's director, Michael Posnick, turned instead into an inspirational talk.
His new show, "The Chris Isaak Hour," on the Bio channel, is a sort of "Inside the Actor's Studio" for musicians.
There are a few American-style concessions, like hamburgers, and in a sort of inside joke, Mr. McNally, who is English, offers beans on toast at lunch.
Brian Fishman, who studies terrorism at the New America Foundation, said the choice of historic enemies as addressees for the parcel bombs was a sort of inside joke that reflects the Qaeda ideologists' view of history.
To relax, the colonel liked to paint and look after his horse, Sophie — a sort of inside joke, since the real Harry Morgan raised quarter horses on a ranch in Santa Rosa.
His conceit (the word is the right one) is that his book is a sort of inside-out novel, whose characters are famous writers.
But Bay's movie, to me, feels more like a shifted version of "The Player," a sort of inside-Hollywood movie by someone who has been around long enough to see plenty of crashing and burning, of follies and even of crimes, and who, though not withholding judgment, remains curious and amazed.
"He had a sort of mission inside him," she said of her husband.
New York now mandates settlement meetings overseen by a judge and attended by the lender, a sort of court inside the court.
Mr. Sejnoha is sitting in what looks like a living room but is, in fact, a sort of laboratory inside Nuance Communications, the leading force in voice technology, and the speech-recognition engine behind Siri, the virtual personal assistant on the Apple iPhone 4S.
