1.   Morris signed his secret deal with Random House almost exactly a year ago.

2.   But behind the headline numbers lurked the truth, disguised in a veil of what the property market calls confidentiality clauses and what others call secret deals.

3.   He has called for the compulsory registration of all property transactions in an attempt to stop the use of secret deals.

4.   Equally notable figures will spring to the defence of the secret deal, however.

5.   Do you have a secret deal with Oxfam?

6.   Among the men, conspiracy theories abound, including one that posits a secret deal between Israeli commanders and Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla force.

7.   As women slowly began to enjoy advantages once held only by men, Hollywood cut a secret deal.

8.   At one point, Sand asked how many such secret deals existed.