The phrase "apply different rules" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the implementation of various guidelines or regulations in a specific context or situation.
Example: "In this case, we need to apply different rules to ensure fairness and transparency in the process."
Alternatives: "enforce alternative regulations" or "implement distinct guidelines".
A spokesman for the European Commission section responsible for employment, social affairs and inclusion, Jonathan Todd, said, "We cannot apply different rules to the U.K. than those we apply to 26 other states," adding, "We cannot have a British exception".
And while the Russians may use gas to bully ex-Soviet neighbours such as, most famously, Ukraine (which faces another round of negotiations with Gazprom), they apply different rules to the EU.
To apply different rules to the turnout issue would be, as the TUC has pointed out, wholly unfair and inconsistent with the way in which other votes are governed.
Using EEG, we plan to further understand how humans are able to learn how to apply different rules in different situations, or re-apply rules in situations they've seen before.
Travelers have been complaining that screeners apply different rules on requiring removal of footwear -- including sneakers, moccasins, sandals and other shoes without metal supports that frequent fliers long ago adopted to avoid setting off metal detectors and prompting a personal search.
And the multiband, frequency-hopping approach means the technology can be more easily adapted for use in different parts of the world, where regulators are likely to apply different rules to UWB.In short, DS-UWB has the advantage of being available now, while MB-OFDM is technically more elegant, but is not ready yet.
In both states it has been applying different rules for Muslims and non-Muslims.
A messy electoral law, introduced in 2005 when Mr Berlusconi was prime minister, applies different rules to each of the two houses of parliament.
Applying different rules to different states is nothing so unusual, she wrote, and the court should only ask if the methods used by Congress to address the problem are rational, and not subject them to a tougher test.
It should be used with all contacts because the media world is small, and you don't want to earn a reputation for applying different rules to different outlets.
However, such a move was ruled out by Home Secretary Amber Rudd in February, who said that applying different rules to different parts of the UK would "complicate" the immigration system, "harming its integrity and causing difficulties for employers who need the flexibility to deploy their staff over the UK".
