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\begin{titlepage}
  \centering
  \vspace*{1.5cm}

  {\Large University of Somewhere\par}
  \vspace{0.4cm}
  {\large Department of Something\par}

  \vfill

  {\huge\bfseries Title of the thesis\par}
  \vspace{0.8cm}
  {\Large A subtitle, if your title needs one\par}

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  {\large Your Name\par}
  \vspace{1.2cm}
  {\large A thesis submitted for the degree of\par}
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  {\large Doctor of Philosophy\par}
  \vspace{1.2cm}
  {\large Supervisor: Dr.\ Someone Else\par}

  \vfill

  {\large \today\par}
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% ------------------------------------------------------------------ abstract
\begin{abstract}
State the problem, the approach and the result in one paragraph. A reader who
stops here should still know what the thesis claims and why the claim is new.
This thesis studies how small teams keep long documents consistent, measures
the cost of the manual checks they run today, and proposes a method that
removes most of that cost without changing how the teams write.
\end{abstract}

% ---------------------------------------------------------- acknowledgements
\chapter*{Acknowledgements}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}

Thank the people who supervised, funded and supported the work. Keep it short
and specific: a supervisor, a lab, a funding body, the colleagues who read the
drafts, and the family who put up with the last six months.

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\listoffigures
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% ------------------------------------------------------------------ chapters
\input{chapters/introduction}
\input{chapters/background}
\input{chapters/conclusion}

% ---------------------------------------------------------------- appendices
\appendix

\chapter{Interview Questions}
\label{ch:questions}

Material that supports the argument but would interrupt it goes here: survey
instruments, long proofs, extra tables, source listings. Every chapter after
\verb|\appendix| is lettered instead of numbered, so this one is Appendix~A.

\begin{enumerate}
  \item How long have you worked on documents of this size?
  \item Which checks do you run before you send a draft out?
  \item How long does a full check take you?
  \item What do you skip when you are short of time?
\end{enumerate}

% --------------------------------------------------------------- references
\clearpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{references}

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