Example sentences of "could easily lead [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Confusion between the sources of faunal diversity could easily lead to mistakes in interpreting its meaning .
2 The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account .
3 Fishing , too , required protection , for the activities of hostile seamen could easily lead to the loss of catches and vessels , for which there was no insurance provision .
4 Any such investigations as the respondent seeks could easily lead to such a conflict , and I would only support it if compelled to do so by clear authority .
5 ‘ I think there 's something wrong with your hearing , ’ said Betty , in a hurry because speculation on this could easily lead to the sort of conversation that she did n't like .
6 It is undeniable , however , that the new regulations could easily lead to racially segregated schools .
7 As the hon. and learned Member for Burton said , that reversal could easily lead to miscarriages of justice that we could sort out now .
8 These could easily lead to the disruption of overseas markets and sources of raw materials .
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