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Sample Sentences for ために
私は失った時間を補うために一生懸命に仕事をしなければいけない。
I must work hard to make up for lost time.
ピクニックは雨のために中止になった。
The picnic was called off because of rain.
彼女はフランスの諜報機関のために働いている。
She works for French intelligence.
多数の人々がその嵐のために亡くなった。
Many people were killed as a result of the storm.
あなたのために何か私にできることはありませんか。
Is there anything that I can do for you?
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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.