Example sentences of "[noun sg] tend to increase [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In general , the rules leading to higher rates of survival and reproduction tend to increase in the population .
2 It should also be noted here , however , that the average duration of unemployment tends to increase with the age of the unemployed .
3 By 1741 the British version of the cabinet noir , the ‘ Secret Office ’ , was employing nine people ; and its cost tended to increase in the second half of the century .
4 This suggests that processing load tends to increase near the end of a clause .
5 Why has executive power tended to increase in the twentieth century ?
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