Opinions on JMDict sentences?

Anybody have any opinions on JMdict certified example sentences?

The other examples are usually shit. but some of the certified examples don't seem to bad.

例えば：

I wanted to find sentence and readings for the 弓　Kanji because according to Kanji Stats its not in Nukemarine's Core decks or KO2001.

弓

音読：キュウ
訓読：ゆみ
Heisig: 1231
Heisig Keyword: Bow


Using Kotoba for iPhone ( uses JMDict files ) I got these two sentences.

里さんは週間に弓道をします。
Mr Sato practices archery in the weekends.
My interpretation: Sato does Kyuudou weekly. ( not necessarily on the weekend )

この弓は張りが強いです。
This bow has a strong draw.

As I'm using these sentence mainly for readings and vocab I added them already. However, if most of these sentences are awkward I might seek out other sources. for future references.


Opinions?

Lack of improvement

I have had a lack of improvement recently I got through maybe 230 sentences this week. Thats like 2.5 days worth of work. but it took me 8. I'm busy blah blah blah not really an excuse. Getting through KO2001 shot up to be like 3 times as fast Kanji->kana so i will stick with it. Kore are easy and can run through 50+ in an hour taking breaks. and Kore reviews take like 5 per minute. Seriously easy work. or maybe thats just the beginning of the Kore sentences? I doubt it its just pretty easy work. I added some more sentences from my textbook and All about particles. But Japanese is taking a back burner for the next two weeks so i can prepare for :

Calc 5 final ( Probably a fail ),
DMC Final and Design Project (shooting for B status),
Japanese Oral Presentation and Oral exam Japanese Final Japanese test and quizzes etc ( going for B+ in the class, didn't do hw cuz i was doing RTK lol ),
Engineering Economics ( Gimme an A or at least a B+)
Properties of Materials ( Be happy with a C )

Lots of Non Japanese Reading in my immediate future.
Lots of studying needs to get done and Japanese will just have to wait.

I'll probably still add some but not really stressing it.

Something has to change.

Kana -> Kanji = slow
Also I feel my reading isn't improving. As I try to read the sentence I often stumble at the sight of the Kanji.

I'm gonna try it out for a while and go from Kanji -> kana. That was Khatz original method and it did work out for him. was it more effective, maybe not but in the long run it was okay. I have immediate goals that rely on my Japanese abilities If I can get acquainted with more words going Kanji -> kana that is what I need for the immediate future.

In the past 20 days or so I've made it through 400 sentences. Thats cool 400 sentences! but it's like 70 from KO2001 80 from the Intermediate Japanese textbook and then 250 from Kore2k6k. It averages to 20 a day and that's just not gonna cut it for now.

I will still write the words down but it will be more passively I imagine. However my reading ability will be more active so I guess it's a trade off. I really don't write much in English so I don't imagine it changing in Japan when I'm basically on an extended vacation.

I'm gonna try it out for a week and see how it goes and report back results.