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+%% Title
+\titlepage[of Churchill College]%
+{A dissertation submitted to the University of Cambridge\\
+  for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy}
+
+%% Abstract
+\begin{abstract}%[\smaller \thetitle\\ \vspace*{1cm} \smaller {\theauthor}]
+  %\thispagestyle{empty}
+  \LHCb is a \bphysics detector experiment which will take data at
+  the \unit{14}{\TeV} \LHC accelerator at \CERN from 2007 onward\dots
+\end{abstract}
+
+
+%% Declaration
+\begin{declaration}
+  This dissertation is the result of my own work, except where explicit
+  reference is made to the work of others, and has not been submitted
+  for another qualification to this or any other university. This
+  dissertation does not exceed the word limit for the respective Degree
+  Committee.
+  \vspace*{1cm}
+  \begin{flushright}
+    Andy Buckley
+  \end{flushright}
+\end{declaration}
+
+
+%% Acknowledgements
+\begin{acknowledgements}
+  Of the many people who deserve thanks, some are particularly prominent,
+  such as my supervisor\dots
+\end{acknowledgements}
+
+
+%% Preface
+\begin{preface}
+  This thesis describes my research on various aspects of the \LHCb
+  particle physics program, centred around the \LHCb detector and \LHC
+  accelerator at \CERN in Geneva.
+
+  \noindent
+  For this example, I'll just mention \ChapterRef{chap:SomeStuff}
+  and \ChapterRef{chap:MoreStuff}.
+\end{preface}
+
+%% ToC
+\tableofcontents
+
+
+%% Strictly optional!
+\frontquote{%
+  Writing in English is the most ingenious torture\\
+  ever devised for sins committed in previous lives.}%
+  {James Joyce}