昼ごはんことに材料は有りませんでした。
sound about right for …
there were no ingredients for lunch
?
I’d probably go with
昼ご飯のための材料がありませんでした。
Or maybe even just 昼ご飯の材料
Either way, ある is usually not written with the kanji.
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aha.
it just occurred to me that あります and 有ります are the same verb? but can mean to have and to exist?
Is ため the same ため as in 為 
This is what happens when the first place you learn al ot of vocab is wanikani ! haha
ある = to have or to exist
有る (ある) - written in this Kanji it only means ‘to have’
在る (ある) - written in this Kanji it only means ‘to exist’
Most of the time it is just written as ある, so you don’t need to learn two different Kanji.
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Can be read many ways
為 - https://jisho.org/search/為
The Kanji is also used for 為 (す) - する ‘to do’
Again generally it is not written in Kanji.
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But yes, the same ため
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