注意：not a few的意思不是“很少”，而是“不少”或“相當多”，它與quite a few, a good few大致同義。
例句：
A few tourists were buzzing around.
幾名游客在匆忙地跑來跑去。
I've simply extracted a few figures.
我只是摘取了一些數據。
We've had a few replies.
我們已得到了一些答復。
Real power belongs to the few.
真正的權力掌握在少數人手中。
Matches cost only a few pence.
火柴只需幾便士。
A few cars passed close by me.
幾輛車從我近旁駛過。