The phrase "a sort of land" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a type or category of land that is not precisely defined or is somewhat ambiguous.
Example: "The region is characterized by a sort of land that blends both desert and forest ecosystems."
Alternatives: "a type of land" or "a kind of land".
He outfitted a three-quarter-ton pickup truck as a sort of land yacht and set off from his home in Sag Harbor, N.Y., with his French poodle, Charley, to drive cross-country.
The mushrooming growth of China's Internet business has spawned a sort of land rush for regulatory turf by government agencies that see in it a chance to gain more authority or more money, or both.
American forces in Albania seem to be preparing to mount a sort of land intervention without ever quite touching the ground.They have at last deployed, after several weeks' delay, a fleet of 24 Apache helicopters (one of which crashed soon after arriving at Tirana, Albania's capital) and a deadly form of artillery known as Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS).
"For children of immigrants in France, hip-hop became a sort of land for those of us who felt landless," said France-born Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, who came to Harvard to talk about the genre's relevance as a tool of expression for marginalized groups.
Dr. George F. Becker, the government geologist sent to the Philippines, in his report expresses the opinion that the "ape-like the creature termed the 'missing link' may have had its earliest haunts in those isles of the sea, at a time when, not less than 200,000 years ago, they were connected with the mainland of Asia by a sort of land bridge, via Borneo".
A sort of land rush occurred as settlers from Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies tried to beat the Dutch in settling the area; the influx of English settlers also threatened the Pequot.
Ndc80 is a key member of the kinetochore network and serves as a sort of "landing pad" for the microtubule-centromere connection.
Right now we're in a sort of land-grab for the eReader market, with Google Books, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and iBooks all duking it out.
Typically a 3D printer will heat up a thermoplastic feedstock, extrude it through a nozzle, then deposit it onto a sort of landing pad where your item is built.
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In Ghana, these fist-sized gastropods--a sort of giant land escargot--are roasted over coals and served in palm-nut oil with parsley, salt and pepper.
