The phrase "a sort of standard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that serves as a general guideline or benchmark, but is not strictly defined.
Example: "The new policy is a sort of standard for how we should approach customer service."
Alternatives: "a kind of benchmark" or "a type of guideline."
One thing about finance is that it tends to develop a sort of tradition, and a sort of standard contract.
A sort of standard news-gathering app, News Pro is Microsoft's own take on something like Apple News, or the third-party app Smart News, perhaps.
"We have a sort of standard design for human figures," he says, pulling out a box that seems to be filled with metallic finger bones.
Our involvement in the events in Syria involve a sort of standard template within Anonymous and the movement that's come to be called "Freedom Ops".
Only the ECF-regimen (epirubicin, cisplatin and infusional fluorouracil) showed a superior response rate (46% vs 21%) and prolonged survival (8.9 vs 5.7 months) compared with FAMTX (Webb et al, 1997), and thus made it a sort of standard chemotherapy.
"Wheeler is viewed generally as a sort of standard-issue member of the Washington, D.C., policy and lobbying ecosystem," said Goffman, a Democrat who worked at the EPA and opposite Wheeler on the Senate Energy Committee.
Many in the clergy privately share her view on God, she says, turning her into a sort of standard-bearer for a conversation that is already happening in the wider world.
Don't think about the fact that the TPP fails to set any sort of standard, enabling a country to institute a minimum wage of 5 cents an hour.
It looks and feels much more like a living room than any sort of standard tech office environment.
The touch screen torn from Palm m125 is only a simple analog device that we believe does not implement any sort of standard.
As originally designed, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which will regulate financial products and services available to and used by consumers, was to prescribe standards for "vanilla" products to create a sort of gold standard for things like credit cards and mortgages.
