main.tex

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twoside]{book}

%when compiling offline, run bibtex main then pdflatex main
\usepackage[a4paper,twoside,top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm,left=4cm,right=3cm]{geometry}
\raggedbottom
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{appendix}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage[printonlyused]{acronym}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}   %contents setup

%SI units etc
\usepackage{siunitx}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\verbatim@input}{\@verbatim}{\scriptsize\@verbatim}{}{}

\newcommand{\vel}[1]{\qty{#1}{\meter\per\second}} 
\DeclareSIUnit{\foot}{ft}
%siunitx package v. useful for nicely typset units

\newcommand{\ic}[1]{\enquote*{#1}} %making quotations appear proper.


%font styles
\usepackage{sectsty}
\allsectionsfont{\sffamily}  %make titles sans-serif but body serif, nice innit
%\usepackage{cfr-lm} %includes 'oldstyle' digits but mucks up \texttt
\usepackage{textgreek}  %proper typesetting of greek letters in text
\usepackage{lmodern}  %latin modern, like computer modern but unicode or something

%figures and subfigures
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

%english
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage[level]{datetime}

%paragraph styles
\setlength{\parindent}{0em}
\setlength{\parskip}{1em}

%page headings
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

%section numbering
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}

%References
\usepackage{fancyref}
\usepackage{hyperref}%pass the option 'hidelinks' if you want to suppress the outlines around links.
\hypersetup{
pdflang={en-UK},
pdftitle={Thesis Title},
pdfauthor={A. Dent},
pdfsubject={PhD Thesis},
}
%\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage[capitalise]{cleveref}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\usepackage[natbib,
backend=bibtex,
style=authoryear,
sorting=nyvt, 
isbn=false,
doi=true,
arxiv=abs,
dashed=false,
eprint=true,
giveninits=true,
maxcitenames=2,
uniquename=false,
uniquelist=false,
maxbibnames=99,
date=year,
useprefix=true,
]{biblatex}   %an approximation of "Leeds Harvard" using biblatex.
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{family-given}

\xpatchbibmacro{date+extradate}{%
  \printtext[parens]%
}{%
  \setunit*{\addperiod\space}%
  \printtext%
}{}{} 

\xpatchbibmacro{volume+number+eid}{%
  \setunit*{\adddot}%
}{%
}{}{}

\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
  \usebibmacro{journal}%
  \setunit*{\addperiod\space}%
  \iffieldundef{series}
    {}
    {\newunit
     \printfield{series}%
     \setunit{\addspace}}%
  \usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
  \setunit{\addspace}%
  \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
  \setunit{\addcolon\space}%
  \usebibmacro{issue}%pre
  \newunit}

\DeclareSourcemap{
  \maps{
    \map{
      \step[fieldsource=doi,
        match=\regexp{\{\\_\}},
        replace=\regexp{_}]
    }
  }
}


%%%separated bib here
\setlength\bibitemsep{0.5\baselineskip}

\renewcommand*{\nameyeardelim}{\addcomma\space}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{\mkbibbold{#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{\mkbibparens{#1}}
\renewbibmacro{in:}{}

\DeclareFieldFormat[dataset]{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[dataset]{publisher}{\textit{#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[unpublished]{title}{#1 [Preprint]}
\DeclareFieldFormat[unpublished]{title}{#1 [Preprint]}
\DeclareFieldFormat[misc]{title}{\textit{#1}}  
\DeclareFieldFormat[misc]{booktitle}{[Online]. #1}  % show title in quotes

\DeclareBibliographyDriver{misc}{%
    \printnames{author}%
    \newunit%
    \printfield{year}%
    \printfield{extradate}
    \newunit%
    \printfield{title}%
    \newunit%
    \printfield{booktitle}%  display booktitle or last-accessed for websites
    \newunit%
    \printfield{url}%
    \newunit%
    \printfield{issn}%
    \newunit%
    \printfield{doi}%
    \finentry
}

\setcounter{biburlnumpenalty}{9000}

\DeclareCiteCommand{\fullcite}
  {\usebibmacro{prenote}}
  {\usedriver
     {}
     {\thefield{entrytype}}}
  {\multicitedelim}
  {\usebibmacro{postnote}}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%here endeth the references style setup%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


\begin{document}

\frontmatter


\begin{titlepage}
    \begin{center}
            
        \Huge
        \textbf{Thesis Title}
    
        \vspace{2cm}
        
        \LARGE
        
        \includegraphics[width=.52\textwidth]{University_of_Leeds_crest-fixed.pdf}

        \vfill
            
        \textbf{Arthur Philip Dent}

        %\vspace{1cm}
            
        Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
            
        \vspace{0.8cm}
                        
        \Large
        The University of Maximegalon\\
        School of Beverages not quite entirely unlike tea\\

        \vspace{0.8cm}
        
        \today
            
    \end{center}
\end{titlepage}

\chapter*{Intellectual property and Publication statements}

\newpage 

\chapter*{Acknowledgements}
\input{acknowledgements}

\newpage
\cleardoublepage
\chapter*{Abstract}
\input{abstract}

\spacing{1}
\newpage
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\markboth{}{}


\chapter*{Inclusion of copyrighted material}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Inclusion of copyrighted material}


\cleardoublepage
\chapter*{List of Abbreviations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Abbreviations}


\begin{acronym}[BR]\itemsep4pt  %how you want spacing to be laid out, i.e. the longest abbreviation plus a bit

\acro{BR}{British Rail\acroextra{, the state-owned operator of railways in Britain during the second half of the 20th century}}

\end{acronym}


\listoffigures

\listoftables

\mainmatter

\spacing{1.5}  
%\setstretch{1.5}
%%these seem to do the same thing?!

\setcounter{chapter}{0}

\include{chapters/1introduction/main}

\include{chapters/4results_1/main}

%you can swap out \include for \includeonly to keep refs. in place, but just speed up compile time for certain chapters etc.

\newpage

\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]

\appendix

\cleardoublepage

\chapter{Appendix 1}

Something extra, maybe you don't even need it.


\end{document}