Wordy Expressions

YOUR TASK $-$ Revise the following sentences to eliminate wordy phrases.

We cannot complete the report at this point in time due to the fact that we encountered difficulties in our research and lost a collaborator to serious illness.

In the normal course of events, we would probably buy a larger building; however, in view of the fact that the economic outlook has dimmed, we cannot.

In very few cases do the new names of merged corporations signal clearly what the companies actually do$.$

Inasmuch as our tax and regulatory policies hamper a return of manufacturing to the United States, they should be reformed.

Despite the fact that forced shutdowns during the COVID$-19$ pandemic caused huge job losses in manufacturing, $63$ percent of executives polled by Deloitte are optimistic about the future