Example sentences of "[to-vb] but [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't describe Rattle 's treatment as in any way unfeeling , merely that the various strands are shaped and honed with an unusual sensitivity to detail but at a relatively low emotional temperature . |
| 2 | It still has an important part to play but as a secondary negotiator possibly as an underwriter to any arrangement Israel may reach with the Palestinians . |
| 3 | It all serves to emphasise the point that RMI is an approach , or process of management and all these elements have a part to play but in a co-ordinated , integrated fashion . |
| 4 | He had always been confident that Fibres would survive even during its darkest days : ‘ Parts of our business are volatile and people are used to reacting quickly and decisively — that is what we had to do but on a very big scale and at very considerable cost . ’ |
| 5 | Thereafter cells continued to proliferate but at a diminished rate ( possibly because of cell to cell contact ) . |