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Sample Sentences for ために
彼女は毎日彼のために料理を作る。
She cooks for him every day.
彼の講義はいつものように、ためになった。
His lecture was very instructive as usual.
しかし、水でバプテスマを授けさせるために私を遣わされた方が、私に言われました。
Except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me...
私の兄は、大学を卒業した後、さらに研究を進めるために合衆国に行った。
After graduating from college my brother went to the United States for the purpose of doing further research.
彼は試験に受かるために一生懸命勉強している。
He is working hard to pass the examination.
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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.