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  \Huge \bf Thesis title\\
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  {\Large Joe Bloggs}\\
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A thesis submitted to the University of Durham\\
in accordance with the regulations for\\
admittance to the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.\\
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Institute for Computational Cosmology\\
Department of Physics\\
University of Durham\\
September 2008
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