Conjunction
like as
(archaic) Just as; in the same way as; even as.
Impressionism was the name given to a certain form of observation when Monet, not content with using his eyes to see what things were or what they looked like as everybody had done before him, turned his attention to noting what took place on his own retina (as an oculist would test his own vision). John Singer Sargent
Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end. William Shakespeare
It was ridiculous-he was soaking. I had to get a towel and offer him clothes that he wouldn't take. I knew immediately that I'd like him; he just had one of those faces. I could see what he'd been like as a boy, probably always fenced off in the electronic penitentiary of a too-fast mind. Russell Brand
All ye that be lovers call unto your remembrance the month of May, like as did Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end. Thomas Malory
I had to work on a Marlin boat, like gutting fish, like as the bait boy. Mark Ruffalo
Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do. Trevor Phillips