| Subject | English | Russian |
| mech. | be ... times as strong, large, etc. as | в ... раз |
| gen. | be ... times somebody's | быть в ... раз больше, чем у (the contest for influence looks like an unequal one – America's GDP is 13 times Russia's.) |
| gen. | be ... times somebody's | превосходить в ... раз |
| gen. | be ... times somebody's | быть в ... раз выше, чем у (In economic terms, the contest for influence looks like an unequal one – America's GDP is 13 times Russia's.) |