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1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Evi^v That therfore the Skottes must be..reddie at all occasions, in aunters the Englyshe men should sturre neuer so litle.

1638 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1871) I. 127 For..loadning of shippis..quhilk at all occasiounes cannot convenientlie floitt with thair gudes.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Queene of Corinth iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbb2/2 To countenance us in the confronts and affronts, which..we meane on all occasions to put upon the Lord Euphanes.

1655 Woodall's Surgeons Mate (new ed.) 153 Words..which might serve at all assayes, or upon all occasions.

1682 in A. O. Ewing View Merchants House Glasgow (1866) 37 To have them [sc. fire-buckets] in reddines at all occasiounes.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 156 This Officer..is to be ready, upon all Occasions, to venture his Life, in Defence of his Master.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. iii. 183 A stranger to reflection, and incapable of care, laughter seemed not merely the bent of his humour, but the necessity of his existence: he pursued it at all seasons, he indulged it upon all occasions.

1831 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. I. 110 When those [mocking birds] which had gone to the Eastern States..have returned, they are instantly known by the ‘southrons’ who attack them on all occasions.

1885 Daily Chron. 23 Jan. 4/8 Italy on her side will on all occasions offer moral support to England in her Egyptian policy.

1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 76 A favourite daughter, to whom he turned on all occasions for sympathy and affection.

1991 B. Cox Cox on Cox (BNC) 29 Standard English..varies according to style, purpose and audience: no one speaks or writes in the same way on all occasions.