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Sample Sentences for ために
雨のためにその試合は中止になった。
The game was called off on account of the rain.
私は自分を守るために嘘をつかなければならなかった。
To defend myself, I had to tell a lie.
濃霧のために私達は何も前が見えなかった。
The heavy fog made it impossible for us to see anything in front of us.
つまり、いくつかの銃は、暴発（例えば落とされた時）を防ぐために優れた安全機構を持っていますがそうでない銃も多いのです。
In short some guns have excellent security systems to prevent accidental firing (e.g. when dropped), others don't.
故人を記念する記念碑を建設するために基金を開始した。
A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead man.
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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.