locality qualifier in locality name is distorting match scores
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Description
Johnson BC
scores the same as:
Johnson Bay Indian Arm, Indian Arm, BC
because
Johnson BC
is penalized for only making a partial match to:
Johnson BC near Indian Arm
when, in fact, it is a perfect match to:
Johnson BC
because:
near Indian Arm
is just a qualifier and not part of the official locality name.

Here's the geocoder query:
https://geocoder.api.gov.bc.ca/addresses.xhtml?locationDescriptor=parcelPoint&echo=true&brief=true&minScore=50&maxResults=5&autoComplete=true&matchPrecisionNot=&addressString=Johnson%20bc
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