It seemed to me to apply to my case exactly.

Many of the same patterns seem to apply to doctors' behavior.

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

Though that did not seem to apply to his own people.

The social rules seem to apply to our brains too.

Hours may have passed, or merely minutes; time did not seem to apply here.

We hear stories about the good old days that don't seem to apply anymore.

Unfortunately, this seems to apply not only to the public, but also to business.

Bob knows everything there is to know about golf but can't seem to apply it to his own game.

So little of what I brought with me as a gardener seems to apply.