This is my basic idea, as was mentioned before. (これが私の基本的な考えです。前にも申しあげましたが) He was late, as is often the case with him. (彼は遅刻したが、それは彼にはよくあることだ) As many people as (were) expected visited the exhibition. (予想通り多数の人が博覧会を訪れた) He spoke in such easy English as could be understood by everybody. (彼はだれにもわかるような易しい英語で話した) Some foreign companies are going to adopt the same management system as (=that) Japanese