The phrase "a typical sentence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sentence that represents a common or standard structure or form in language.
Example: "In English grammar, a typical sentence consists of a subject and a predicate, conveying a complete thought."
Alternatives: "a standard sentence" or "a common sentence structure".
That's a typical sentence here.
A typical sentence for another judge was nearly three times as long, at 160 months.
A typical sentence might read, "Imagine a moving place that travels through distance with force".
("How to produce instant lunch for 12? Call your favorite restaurant, as Tory does" is a typical sentence).
A typical sentence reads: "I spent the day in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri" deciding where "the Midwest begins".
"Go be the miracle that you are now with your new GO-DURA-LIFE-LEG" is a typical sentence here.
A completely typical sentence: "The most powerful actors of the future will be states, groups, and individuals who can leverage material capabilities, relationships, and information in a more rapid, integrated, and adaptive mode than in generations past".
He knew he deserved prison, so he pleaded guilty, and was given an IPP with a recommended sentence of three years a pretty typical sentence for a GBH conviction.
For example, in the Times's article I noted this typical sentence: "A spokesman for Mr Gove said, 'We don't comment on private conversations with the Queen.'" Sure he did.
A few pages from the end of the book, Bishop writes (in a notably wooden but unfortunately typical sentence) that "it's wishful thinking to predict that a Generation Y L.B.J. will emerge to become... some kind of Web-based 'deus ex MySpace' politician who could forge a national consensus out of our disparate communities".
A long block of text that follows includes this typical sentence: "The Communication Shield checks all DNS lookups against a list of Web sites known to host malware or domain names used for command-and-control of botnets, and then blackholes any site even before a browser can load the page, or before a running piece of malware can retrieve its payloads".
