Dynamic Top Clause in sql

All of us know about the TOP clause in sql, it returns the top 'n' records from a result set.
But you ever thought about dynamic TOP .
What i mean is,we want to fetch Top 'n' records from a result set where n will be provided as  a stored procedure parameter or some other manner.
Query:-

Select top @NumberOfRecords From TblFriends
--@NumberOfRecords  is a sql variable

This query will throw an error ' Incorrect syntax near top'.
Solution:-

Select top (@NumberOfRecords) From TblFriends
--here, we can set @NumberOfRecords to any integer value,even to some aggregate function
--like, select @NumberOfRecords=min(age) from TblEmployee

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