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Sample Sentences for ために
私は試験に受かるために熱心に勉強した。
I studied hard in order to pass the examination.
彼らは、将来のためにとっておくほど十分な収入がありません。
They don't have enough income to lay aside for the future.
彼女は、数ペニーを節約するために半時間を浪費するなと、彼を説得できなかった。
She could not persuade him not to waste half an hour to save a few pennies.
彼は自分のためにだけ働いている。
He's working on his own behalf.
彼の不注意のためにその事故が起こった。
His carelessness resulted in the accident.
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In a previous example containing 為に that went like this;彼女は学校に通うために自転車を買いました would it not be better to write something like 彼女は学校に通うように自転車を買いました since the bicycle was bought with the intention of attending school? As far as i know ように would translate more to "so that" than 為に, the latter giving me the sense that she had bought the bike explicitly for its speceficly intentioned purpose to getting students to school.