| Russian | English |
| немало времени | a fair amount of time (I'll be in Vancouver next week and am planning to spend a fair amount of time in Stanley Park, Gastown and Chinatown, and I've got some shopping to do. ART Vancouver) |
| понадобилось немалое время, чтобы | it has taken a long time for (+ infinitive: Although there are hundreds of good reports of ball lightning on record, many made by scientists, it has taken a long time for this phenomenon to gain scientific respectability. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") ART Vancouver) |
| потребовалось немало времени, чтобы | it has taken a long time for (+ infinitive: Although there are hundreds of good reports of ball lightning on record, many made by scientists, it has taken a long time for this phenomenon to gain scientific respectability. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") ART Vancouver) |
| причин тому немало | the reasons are many (We note that no new bridges to the North Shore were built during that time. The reasons are many. Among them, the eye-watering cost of a bridge to serve a small population and complicated logistics of traffic flowing on and off any new bridge. -- Причин тому немало. Среди них ...  nsnews.com ART Vancouver) |
| прошло уже немало времени | it's been some time (Dear ICBC, it's been some time and no word on my counter claim. You can scroll through our interactions on this matter. It's been some time and nothing!!! Why do I even pay monthly to ICBC for no results??? (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
