The rule seems to be, "Tell the people what they already know."

For them the rules seem to be changing in the middle of the game.

But when it comes to the new cuisine, the old rules don't seem to apply.

The man made the rules by which she had lived her entire life seem silly.

"What about things where the rules of science seem not to apply?"

Those rules themselves seem far from hard and fast in any case.

The social rules seem to apply to our brains too.

"The rules they have established seem to be designed to keep people out."

For some reason that rule seems not to apply to Turkey.