File: Data.xml
title
A
C
B
C
D
File: Transform.xslt
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs" version="2.0">
as="xs:integer" />
as="element(SPEECH)?">
select="$list[position()!=1]" />
test="$first gt count($longest-of-rest/LINE)">
Output:
C
B
C
D