The phrase "as a sort of practice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action or behavior that is done in a manner similar to a practice or rehearsal.
Example: "I approached the presentation as a sort of practice, treating it like a dress rehearsal to build my confidence."
Alternatives: "in a way of practice" or "as a form 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.
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.
But the preparation becomes a sort of practice run for helping Lindsay Bluth run for Congress.
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.
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.
Begun as a sort of canteen for the architecture practice of Richard Rogers, Ruth's husband, the River Café was one of the first places in London to privilege fresh ingredients and rustic preparation.
Second, while Du Châtelet accepts the systematic interconnection of the created world as a feature of it, and as a sort of heuristic in our scientific practice, she puts strict limits on the scientist's appeal to a systematic account of phenomena, especially in light of falsifying experience.
The current interest in Kant in the North American debate on criminal punishment arise from a deceptive hope: Kant seems as a sort of "antidote" useful to mitigate the results of correctional and merely intimidatory practice.
He had just taken batting practice with his Jets counterpart, Terry Bradway, yesterday afternoon as a sort of fantasy camp the Mets had offered executives from the football team.
