The phrase "a sort of lobby" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a space or area that functions similarly to a lobby, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The new community center has a sort of lobby where residents can gather and socialize before events."
Alternatives: "a kind of reception area" or "a type of waiting area".
It was a small upstairs room in TriBeCa, capacity around 80, doubling as a living space for its proprietor, Jim Staley; before the show started, you'd talk to friends in a sort of lobby, which was his kitchen.
At best, this is a contribution to over-medicalisation; at worst, this can seem like the behaviour of a sort of lobby group for the device and pharmaceutical industry.
To stem the jangle of ringing cellphones, Cingular Wireless is erecting kiosks at 100 Loews movie theaters as a sort of lobby-based cellphone purgatory where users will be encouraged to place and receive any calls.
Through the last set of doors, there's a sort of neglected lobby, with a pole-dancer's podium.
She is a member of the European Council on foreign relations – its parent group, the council on foreign relations, is a sort of über lobby group, a couple of rungs down from Bilderberg, but still hugely powerful.
So says DEG Europe, which is a sort of HD lobby there that tries to convince consumers that HDTV is really, really cool (and worth the money).
With something as sensitive as tobacco regulation, health associations act as a sort of anti-lobby.
Imagine if, instead of funneling donations to Hillary should he lose the nomination, Bernie promised to keep fundraising through his grassroots supporters, and using that money and influence as a sort of Super PAC or lobby for Progressive causes.
This led to the creation of such groups as TechNet, a sort of high-tech lobbying group.
George Osborne will listen to all sorts of lobby groups ahead of budget day - pensioners, bankers, business groups, trade unions, pressure groups of all kinds.
