The phrase "a sort of practice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or is similar to a practice, often in a vague or informal context.
Example: "Meditation is a sort of practice that helps many people find inner peace."
Alternatives: "a kind of practice" or "a type of practice".
The film doesn't seem interested in drawing any new fans to the series, because it doesn't bother to provide any back story, but here's the gist of it: The predators from the "Predator" films hunt the aliens of the "Alien" films, using Earth as a sort of practice range because the aliens breed inside humans.
But the preparation becomes a sort of practice run for helping Lindsay Bluth run for Congress.
You may also want to look into the ACT's Plan test for sophomores, which is, again, a sort of practice exam (its name is changing to Aspire in the next cycle).
It is no secret that sex is good for you, both physically and emotionally, and from there we see that even sex in its lower forms does indeed promote love, whether through forging or strengthening connections between people, promoting individual well-being, or as a sort of "practice" for when you do find that person with whom you can have the greatest form of sex with.
This will help you get used to creating the form of your subject, acting as a sort of practice run.
And a large part of the page is dedicated to helping non-profits connect with the Twitter community, as a sort of best practices guide.
So I thought if we could Frankenstein a bank together from banks that are there and are getting certain aspects of the engagement right, it might actually be possible to construct a sort of best-practice bank.
Blood pressure declined, they found, among 26 volunteers doing Iyengar yoga -- a slow sort of practice.
Importantly, as discussed above, all seven respondents depicted in Figure 3 referenced the core process of looking through notes to fine-tune them as a sort of habituated or automatic practice.
The final element of the exhibition is something he calls a 'conceptual mixtape,' a fusion of pop songs and the artist's own personalized sound bites that form a sort of sound collage, a practice that the artist has previously employed in his past five solo shows.
For a novice, meditation is some sort of practice or routine which has scientifically proven so many benefits.
