RE: XSLT 1.0: Grouping Adjacent Elements in Embedded

I think I may have isolated my problem...

When I call: <xsl:apply-templates
select="following-sibling::*[1][self::OL_LI]" mode="li"/>
in the following transform on the starred(*) line:

<xsl:template match="EM_OL_LI">
	<xsl:if test="not(preceding-sibling::*[1][self::EM_OL_LI])">
		<p>
			<ol>
				<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="li"/>
			</ol>
		</p>
	</xsl:if>
*	<xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::*[1][self::OL_LI]"
mode="li"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="EM_OL_LI" mode="li">
	<li><xsl:apply-templates/></li>
	<xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::*[1][self::EM_OL_LI]"
mode="li"/>
</xsl:template>


The select statement's axial position is unchanged from when I called
apply-templates within the if statement. That would explain why my transform
works if there is only one item in an embedded list and not when there is more
than one item. So I think I need to change my select statement to be "The
first following-sibling that is not an EM_OL_LI". Then test if that item is an
OL_LI item add it to the top level list. Am I right in thinking that the
current axial position when the apply-templates was called is the same
reference point for the second?