LONDON (Reuters) -The British pound dropped on Thursday after the Bank of England raised interest rates but sounded less certain about the pace of further tightening to combat soaring inflation. Sterling had gained before the BoE announced its Monetary Policy Committee had voted 8-1 to raise rates 25 basis points to 0.75%. The one dissenter voted to keep rates on hold. Some traders had been expecting one or two policymakers to vote for a bigger 50 basis points hike, and the language the MPC used – saying “some further modest tightening might be appropriate in the coming months” – was less hawk…