Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is then [conj] " in BNC.

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1 They appear in vast numbers in the Antarctic Ocean particularly in summer ( they depend for food upon the blooms of phytoplankton ) and it is then that whales like the blue migrate towards the pole to feed .
2 Communication also suffers when people make false assumptions about shared schemata , and it is then that they cease to ‘ be clear ’ .
3 In the autumn , the sweeping tracts of it on the lower , treeless hillsides are the colour of rust , and it is then that it is scythed down , to provide bedding for the animals during the winter and , once suitably impregnated , fertilizer for the fields the following spring — in a neat ecological cycle .
4 But one day your Line will divide , and it is then that the magical Beastblood will fade , and you will find you can no longer strengthen it by lying with the creatures of the forest .
5 Feelings and emotions are examined in depth , and it is then that pupils can be seen struggling to come to terms with right and wrong .
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