Wordy						Concise

along the lines of				like
as of this date					today
as to						about
at the present time				now
at this point in time				now
by means of					with, by
for the purpose of				for
for the reason that 				because
from the point of view of			for
inasmuch as					for, as
in order to					to
in a position to 				can, may
in the possession of				has, have
in a satisfactory manner			satisfactorily
in the case of					if
in view of					because
in the event of					if
in relation to					toward, to
in the amount of				for
in a number of cases				some
on the basis of					by
owing to the fact that				because
due to the fact that				because
on behalf of					for
prior to					before
subsequent to					after
with a view to 					to
with reference to				about
with regard to					about
with the result that				so that
utilize						use