一句话的翻译

一句话的翻译 So were a number of other companies just not as much as was originally planned.    

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So were a number of other companies just not as much as was originally planned.
这句话应该有上下文吧，不然实在不好理解
我的理解是：
其他许多公司也一样（也差不多，也处于相同的情况），只是没有最初计划的那样多。
So 应该是代指上文的什么什么情况之类的东西，不知道对不对？

其他回   so a number of other companies were just not as much as <it>was originally planned. （如此多的）其他公司不再象它们最初所设想得一样了。