ややともすると

adverb

apt to; liable to; inclined to

Describes a tendency for something to happen, often with a negative or unintended nuance. Used adverbially before verbs.

• ややともすると、人ひとは自じ分ぶんの都つ合ごうのいいように考かんがえてしまう。

  People are apt to think in ways that suit their own convenience.

• この機き械かいはややともすると故こ障しょうしがちだ。

  This machine is liable to break down.