| Russian | English |
| как бы велик ни был | no matter how great |
| как бы много ... ни | as much as |
| как бы много ... ни | no matter how much |
| как бы ни | as much as |
| как бы ни | however |
| как ни | no matter how |
| как бы ни | in whatever way |
| как ни странно | strangely enough (curiously (strangely) enough, the experiments did not confirm the theoretical conclusions) |
| как ни странно | strange though it may seem |
| как ни странно | curiously enough (curiously (strangely) enough, the experiments did not confirm the theoretical conclusions) |
| как ни удивительно | surprisingly |
| как это ни странно | strange as it may seem |